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Business ullcmlcd Ii in the Counties of Nor
huulerlaud, Union. Lycoming and Columbia,
liefer to I
JVo II411T At t!o,
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Haht. Pi, .. ts os &. Haut, l','iilait.
Ruts.!' ns, Mi i"'"1'1" & Uo
SpRHINCI 'idllll .V .
rilHIS Machine aia now licen tested by n'"
J. than thirty families in this neighborhood, h'"l
it. ik pivpn cnnre smisittcnou. n ia mi siriiiiie 111 n
Construction, tlmt il cants! e-et out of order. Ii
centum no iron to ru t, mid no -piinasor rollers lo
jet oirt nf rcp-isr. Il will do twice us much wash
ins, with less lhan hall the wear and tear of nni of
the I tie. in vent ton , and whit i of erenter in.por.
lance, ii cost hul lil'lo over hall ia luucU as inlK'r
washing tiwchtnes.
The suWri''cr ha ihe cr!nivp right fir Nor
Ihuinhcrlaiid, f ti irli. L-coming, Ciilunihin, Lu
lerne and (Jiinioii counties. I'rici of single m e
dime 6. H. B. MAsstilt.
Tim following ec-tificate fiotn a lew of those
Whuliave these machines in use.
' Siml.iity, Aug. 24, IS41.
We, the subscribers, certify that we have now
in , ru our families., vtliugeit'' fatcnl Wash
ing Machine .'"and do not digitate siyiim that it in
a most excellent inveni m. TI1.1t, in Wa-hiug,
it will save more than one half the u-U;il labor.
Thai it dis s n t require more than one third ihe
usual quantity of so ip und water ; nnd that there
is H i ruliSing, and cmisi qocntly. I'llle or no wear
in; r tearing. Th.it it knock.! 'trim buttons, and
4 lint the finest do lies, soc'i as collar', laces, tuck,
frills, &c, may be washed in a ve y short limi'
williout ti e Ici.sl injury, nnd in furl with. .111 any
appaiem wear and car, w hatevi-r. We thercfur
fin rrlully in-omuiehd t nur f. inula and tn the
JiUblic, i a liiosl Uecful mid 1 r i-avine in icliine.
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A. JOKIiAX.
VMH WEAVER.
i'A PLEASANTS,
illjr.DN MARK I.E.
Hon. iK(. I'.. WELKEJt,
Iir.M. HENDIlU'Kf.
UlJJEliJV LEISEMMA'ti.
nraa'a IIotki., (fornv rly Trcmonl Vl'tt-. No.
116 ( li.niut stitei,) PUladt'ljihia, fejiteujher
3li, IHU.
I have vecA S51iuarrf a Talent Wasliina; MarUne
in my liou-e iiiwanU of eight mnmli-, and do not
hrliatc lo y tliat t ileeni it one of tile mo t use
ful and vahnrlile lalir-ariii(; nichinea ever inven
trd, I fnnnrrly kipt two whiimii .n.tiirually oo
cupied in waliing, who naw do much in two
ilaj'K a ihi-y Umii ihd in ihk link, 'liieic la no
wrnr or tear in washina. and 11 reifuio-s not ruore
than oue-liiril the u-uhI qnaniitv ol aoai. I huve
had a ounnior of .if m tchines in my lam ly, hut
thin iho derideilly auperiur to eveiy thin cIkp, and
jio li'tle luil'le to get out nf ti p or, tlmt 1 wnuil Uut
do wrtlinut one il'tln-y IkI.I 4khI ten tinwK the
price ihey are .old for. DANIEL HEKIJ.
I'M UK C1J .AS X i'AUA S01.S,
cheat ron CASH.
Z. W. SVAIIT'S
IFinbrulla and Parasol Manufactory.
JVo. 3V St lk Vmi J hlrrej, tow rfixr below the
CITY HOTEL.
I !i i I a (I tip Ilia.
41. WAYS 011 Iji J. a larue Ktock of TTM
UKELI.A wi.l PAR AMI U.S. inchi me the
Inn 1.1 ii. w n le 01 i'iukril Edi;rd l'araola of the
tn'Kt woikin itiKdip Htul liiul. nu Ik. ai prices Hint will
nmke I' an iiKjiTt 10 ('oiiolry Meichan il i'thiT
to rirfl and . laiiiuir tlia A. i In fur.' piiichatiii)!
rlaewhere. Fe . 2. IN5 - ly
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7jOOO by Li PUIiiIIhJ fir-t qitutny.
a.tOt lry I.j (Miirn. do
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tlOOO Dry Salt d Hr nl Hides ilo
Mt vg (.'lei ii bj lid i'uum Kip.
0 UalrK Dry pa in Klpn
1-iO Ilanela Tninieiv Oil.
Tanner.-' ai1 t.'uiiui' 'I'imiIk.
For njfc Ut t'ountiy 'J'.iiHK-ri. l ihe lou' (rfiixn
1 1 a) (imhi the lnl ti ritia.
N. It. The highem mmkrt price piid for all
Liinln uf liallu-r.
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SeptrmNr II, IMi. ly.
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THIS Medicine t oflfered til the puMrc gener
ally, from a fuil conviction thul it i ruprnor
I i any oliu'i m ilirine now in u, for the cure of
Dykficpaia, Livr (Jiuiiilaifil, Nervous DoUlttv or
Uvidily We.ikiics, &e.
Ita cfTi-cis have been tenled in a primite practice
of uear nulil ye.ua, and il ia now more eileuaively
circulated, at the anliciiuile of many who have re
wive J the mo.t il!niil Ivruril from the u-e of it.
The fo l.mini! ia one an. mix a uumher of Cfrtifi
catea received in irlatinu to tile auicraa nf tliia me
dicine: LixciiTKU Co. March IN.
Da. Cm wnr; W. Allkn,
Dear Sir .-It ia witii grral pleasure that I in
form you of ihe aucceaa ailending your Dyaie;itie
Medicine, while employeJ in my pi at i ice. From
paat rierirnct I tirmly lelieve that in eight eaaea
nul of ten, (lie Dyaiiepiic, by the Uae ul your medi.
cine, may eniinly nJ himself of ihia thorn in ihe
pathway of life: not only in dyajieptie eaaea, but
in all raaea of eonatipation, and diseases depending
on a dilnlitaled at ate nf the nrrvoua ayalem, toge
ther with a loipid at jte of the howcla, will your E
luir he found of laenliniable value. Numerou in
stances wherein Ihe uaefulurta of the medicine baa
lui n realued, may he foi warded, if required. I
vu.h yuu great aucceaa, and ternmmend the meji
ciue te the suffering pail nf mankind,
Youts, with Breat repeet,
- ROBERT AUNEW, M.D.
Pot sale at the atore of H. B. Maaaer, agent
for ihe proprwior, Sunhory, Fa,
October SOtb, 1844, ly
SCNOiUMY AMEEICAN.
Abnolute acquiescence in the deciaion. of Ihe
lly Manser & EImcIj.
From th National InteUlfeencer." i
CAPTAIN KitKMOM .s XK.r.ou EXPLO.
ItlNH KXPICDI IIO..
tI. . ' '
We h-tvfi now lo accompany Capt. InEMoyr
and lite l.ardy nn.l advrnlur companion, on
Ihnr homeward mule; and in doing m, we hard-
ly know whether the courage which neverqimi
led before the daupcrs of (lint route, the perse
verance which never failed before obstactee ap
parently the most unconquerable, or the promp
titude and never failing resource! which fur-
nihhed the means by which courape and perse
verance attained their end, are ntopt to be ad-
mired. It is M.fllcietit that their hippy combi-
nitltn in this itiHtance led to a iicerarlul and dians we had previo.tt.ly neen, these wore shells
morf vaiutMe res.tll.-We are confident that, in ,heir nosef.. , Ve returned to our ce.np, al
whntever nucct.- "my attend the th.rd e.xpedi- ,t,r rurnHilliUjf )mre an hour or two, accompanied
tion, those enfra:eii in t will ilcsrrvc to be huc by a number of Indians. , , . ; r , ,-
cestui. We iimk for ill. return with incr-cMing ,(-...0 ,r(Ier ,0 r(.cru a little tl.e)aifenBth of our
interest; confident that the ajpretrate produc ' anim(1St ,d obteiii . fome aequamtrinco with
tion of the three expeditions oi' Capt. Fiikmot loc.luy. wc remained here for the remain
will be a source of more than common honor dtr nf the tiny. Hy observation, the lalilude of
and fume toliitn and his worthy fellow Itbor- csmp ,WM42 j,. , hc ,ian)n.
ers, and redound to the credit uf the country. ; (Cr of the lake or meadow, as has been intima-
We took ieaf! of the expedition, In our last 1 ted almut HO miles. It i a picturefqiie and
notice, at the J);i!les" of the Columbia, nhout ' beautiful spot ; and under the hand ofcultivn
ftlteen niiles below the fails, of that river, where tion might become a little paradise. (iniue
Capt. i had collected a supply of provisions i found in the forest; timbered and snowy
siilhVient for bin part) fur not lues than three inoiitituins skirt it, and fertility charocterizos it.
months, also some live cattle. Situnted nnr the heads of three rivers, and on
The number of horses and mules mustered by the line of inland communication with Calitor
the expedition was 1(11, for 'tlie sustenance of , I'i". and near to Indians noted for treachery, it
which, our reliance (saystho ('nptHin) wne np- ntturally, in the progress nf Ihe settlement
on the grass w hich we should find, and the so!t of Oregon, become a poiut of military ojctipi
pnrniis woik) which was to be its substitute w hen ""d settlement.
there wag none.' I "From Tlaiunth lake, tho further emitinuance
Tiie rxpedition rommenced its homeward of w voyoge sinned a character of discove ry
march on the '.Villi of NovemlKT. "At the re. and exploration, which from the Indians here,
lieM of Mr. iVrkins," one ol the missionaries vc could obtain no information to direct, and
at the Dalles w h.'re the imaginary maps of the country, in-
"A Chinook Indian, a lud of nineteen, w ho s'eud nl ashling, exposed us to uflerinr and
was e.Mrrinely anxious to 'see the whites,' and defeat. In our journey across the desert, M
niaVe sonas aoiuaKitance with our institution', : r'' 1'IC nil the famoitN Buenaventura river,
wa received into the pany, under my sp' cial w,'re ' poin'son which I relieil to recruit the
charge, with the understanding that 1 would a- ' nimiils a rd repose ihe party. Forming agrr e
(tain return htm to his friends. lie had lived ; "'y ' the best maps in my possession, a con
for some time in the household of Mr. Terkins, 1 nectcd watpr line from the Rocky ttn.un'.ains to
ami spoke a few words of tho English lan- j "le Pacific ocean, I felt no other anxiety than
gua. to pass safely across the intervening desert to
The first object which allracted Cnpt. Fiie- the banks of the Luena venture, w here, in the
wovr'n attention was the Tlamalh luhe ; the I entter climate of a more southern latitude, our
imiteof the expedition as therefore almost di- i horses might find grass to sustain them, and
rect'y south. After travelling a distance of'J.'it) ourselves be sheltered from the rigors of winter
miles from the Dalles of thf; Columbia, princi- ,d trom ,lic inhospitable desert. The guides
pully through a sandy pine forest, on Decern- who conducted us thus fir on nur jour my were
bor 10 ' hisjt. to return ; and I endeuvored in vaui to get
It is simply a elm I low basin, which fora sliort others to lead us, even for a few days in the ili
neriod at the lime of meltinir snows, is covered 1 fctiiat (enst) which we wished to go. The
with water from the neighboring mountains;
hut ihis probably soon rins olT, and leaves for
the remainder of the; year green savannah,
lhrotii;h the midt of which the river Tlamath,
which flows to the ocean, wind its way to the
ontlet on the southwestern side."
December 11. -We have the following
iPHlimrnarticulare relative to the Tlamalh Indi.
v I .
UIIS
When we had arrived within half, mile of
the iill.iffe.two nersona were seen Bdv.ncinto
meet us; and, to plrasntln tnncy of our gunles,
we ranged ourselves into a long line, riding
breast, while they gallopped ahead to meet the
strangers.
We were irprised, on riding up to find one
of them a woman, having never before known
a squaw to take any part in the business of war.
They were the village chief and his wife, w ho,
in excitement and alarm at the unusual event
and appearanc . had come out to meet their fate
together. The chief w as a very prepossessing
I ud an, with very handsome lea to res, and a sin
gularly soft and agreeable voice so remarka
ble as to attract general notice.
The lulls were grouped tooether on the bank
j of the river, w hich, from being sptend out in a
'shallow ninrsh at tho upper end nf the lake,
i was collected here into a single stream. They
! were large round huts, perhaps 'JD feet in diatu-
e tee, with rounded tops, on which wus the thair water, where no more snow was to he lonnd."
by which they descended into the interior ! On the Kith of December we have the fnl
Within, they were supported by posts and j lowing vivid description of the position of the
beams. ! expedition, and of the scenery which surrou.id-
"Almost like plsnts, these people seem to ' ed them:
i have adapted themselves to the soil, and to be j "We travelled this morning thronih snow a
i growing on what the immediate locality afford- bout three teel deep, which, being crusted, very
ed. Their only subsistence at this time appear- much cut the feet of our annuals. The inoun
! ed to he a small fish, great quantities nf which, 1 Jin still gradually rose we crossed several
! that had been smoked and dried, were suspen- 1 spring heads covered with quaking arp; other-
ded on strings about the halge. Heaps of straw ! wise it was all pint! forest. The air was dark
were lying around ; and their residence in the
midst of grass and rushes had taught them a pe
culiar skill in converting this material to use
ful purposes. Their shoes were made of straw
or grass, which seemed well adapted for a snowy
country ; and Ihe women wore on their head
closely woven basket, which made a very good
cap. " Among other things, were parti-eolored
mata about four feet square, which we purcha
sed to lay on Ihe snow under our blankets, and
to use for table clotl.s.
"Number! of inj ular looking dogs, resem
blinj; wolve, were sitting on the topa of the
huta, and of these we purchased a young out,
which, after ita birth-place, wa named Th
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL
majority, (he vital principle of Republic, from which
Sunbury, Northumberland Co.
. ninth. The llriptiage apokon hy thrso Indinns
! in cliiTrent from thit of the Sl.omnee snd (V
Il l- ! . . .. , 1
I""ibm river Irihc ; and nllirrwifo than by
tlcy C8nM)l undoretllntl e,chofflrr. Tj.
nin(!c , co,nprohfind tht they wrrc at wnr
Wl. the wltn livni , ,,.Mllh.M, ...A
to the eastward ; but I could obtain from them
no certain information.1 The river on rvliich
they live enters the Cascade mountains on the
western aide of the lake, and breaks through
them by a passage impracticable for travellers ;
but over the mountain to the northward, are paa-
Fca which presents no other obstacle than in
tie mosl imtM;n,.,nihln foreM t. Unl.ke nnv l.
chief to whom I applied alleged the want nf
horse.:, and the snow on the mountains across
which sjr course would carry us, and the ick
noss of his family, aa reasons for refusing to go
On the 13th, however, "in the midst of the
he Bound of galloping horses,
I - ..!.! ... I - -
1 rpnsru uy me nnexpec-
ted arrival of isir Tliimath chief, with several
! '"''"" H- tned to have found his conduct
'' "',I"'W" luting the strangers depart with-
out siiih; guid through the snow, and had
( come with a few others, to pilot us day or two
on tho way."
On '.he Hill the party struck a stream which
1 subsequent information sntisfied Capt. F., was
the principal branch of the "Siieramrntn river ;
ml consequently, that this main aRliient of the
, bay of Run Francisco had its source within the
limits of tho United States, and opposite a tribu-
'"' t'1"','t'i. near the head of tho
Tlamath river, which goes to the ocean north of
I'Jdeg., and within the United States.
'December 15 A present consisting of use.
ful g"ods, afforded much satixfuctinn In our
guides ; and, showing them the national fl.ig. I
explained that it was the symbol of our nation ;
and they engngwd always to receive in a friend,
lyimincr. The rhiel pointed not a course, by
following which we would arrive at thn big
with tilling snow, which every where weighed
down the trees. The depths of the forest were
profouudly still anl below we tcarcely felt a
breath of the wind which whirled the enow
through Ihcir branches. 1 fmitkl that il requi
red some exertion nf constancy to adhere
steadily to one course through the woods, when
we were uncertain how larthe forest extended,
or what lay beyond ; and on account of our ani
mala, it would be bad to spend another night on
the mountain." Towards noon the forest looked
clear ahead, appearing suddenly to terminate,
and beyond a certain point we could see no
trees. Riding rapidly ahead to this spot, we
found ourselves on the verge of a vertical and
there N no appeal but to force, Ihe itl principle
Pa. Saturday, Sept. 13, 1S4!V.
rocky wall nf the mountain. At our feet more J
limn a thousand feet below we looked into a
green prairiecoiintryi in which a beautiful lake,
some twenty miles in length, was spread along j
the foot of the mountains, its alinrer bordered
with freen grass. Just then the sun broke out
among the clouds, and illuminated the cniintry
below, while around us the storm raged fiercely.
Not a particle of ice was to he seen on the lake,
or snow on its borders anil all was like summer
or spring. The glow of thn sun in the valley
below brightened up our hearts with sudden
pleasure, and we made the woods ring w-ith
joyful shouts to those behind ; and grndnally, as
each came up, he stopped to enjoy the unexpec
ted scene. Shivering on snow three feet deep,
and siinVning in a cold north wind, we i xcl li
med at once that the names of Summer Iake
and Winter Ridge should be applied to these
two proximate places of such sodden and vio
lent contrast.
"We were now immedintoly on the verge of
the forest land, in which we had been travel
ling so many days ; and, looking forward to the
east, scarce a tree was to he seen. Viewed
from our elevation the face of the country exhi
bited a region in which the artemisia became
the principal wood, ftirninhing to its ecnttered
inhabitants fuel for their fires, building material
for their huts and shelter for the small game
which ministers to their hunger nnd nakedness.
Rroadly marked by the boundary of the moun
tain wall, and immediately twlnw us, were the
first waters of thai great interior basin w hich
has the Wahsatch and Ilear river mountains
lor its eastern, and the Sierra Nevada tor its
Western ritn, ami the edge, ol w inch we had
entered upward of three mouths br fore at the
(Jreat Silt Lake.
"When we had sufficiently admired the scene
below, we began to think about descending,
which here was impossible, and we turned to
ward the north, travelling always along the
rocky wall.. We continued on four or five miles,
making inefiVctual attempts at several places,
and at length succeeded in getting ilo-vn atone
w hich wus extremely difficult ofdescent. Nii'lit
had closed in before the foremost reached the
bottom, and it was dark before weall loiiud our
selves together in the valley. There were three
or four dead dry cedar t tecs on the shore, and
those who firkt arrived kindled bright fires to
light on Ihe others. One of the mules rolled
over and over two or three hnndred feet into a
ravine, but recovered himself without any other
injury than to his back ; ind the howitzer vvnt
left midway the mountain until niorunio. iy
observation thn latitude of this encampment is
I-deg 57" 2". It delayed us uulil near inain
the next day io recover ourselves and put every
thing in order, and we made only a short camp
along the western shore of tiie lake, which in
the summer temperature we enjoyed to-ihiy
justified the name we had given it. Our course
would have taken up to the other shore, and o
ver the highland beyond ; bull distrusted the
apiearancc of the coontiy, and decided to fol
low a plainly beaten Indian trail leading along
this sitlu of the hike. We were now in a coon
try where the scarcity of water and uf grass
makes travelling dangerous, and great cuution
was necessary."
On Christmas day Ihe pnrty had made a tour
of 4ljt( miles from the Dalles, and were in lati
tude 4 I deg. Oil mm. Ill) aec. and longitude (a
bout) lvll deg , consequently on the division hue
between Oregon and Mi x co. The narrative
bays :
"We were roused on Christmas morning by
a discharge from the small arms and howitzer,
Willi winch our people saluted the day and the
name of w hich we bestowed on the lake. It
was the first time, perhaps, in this remote ami
j desolate region in which it had leensocoui-
meuiorvted. Always, on days of religious or
national coiniiioiimratioii, our voyaguer expect
some uuiiMiul nlliiwaiite ; tied, haxiitg nothing
else, I gale them each a tilth' brandy, (which
w as carelull) guarded, a one of the uiot hm I'mI
articles a traveller can carry,') w ilh some ddTee
and sunar, which here, w here every eatable w .s
a luxury, was sullicii ut to tiiako llo iu ii feast.
The day was sunny and warm ; and, resuuiiii
our journey, we crossed some slight dividing
grounds into a similar basin, walled in on the
right by a lofty mountain ridge. The plainly
beaten trail still continued, and occasionally we
passed camp grounds of the lud nns, which in
dicated to me that we were on one of the great
thoroughfares of the country. In the afternoon
I attempted to travel in a more eauterly direc
tion ; but after a few laborious miles, was bea
ten back into the basin by an impassable coun
try. There were fresh Indian tracks about the
valley, and last night a horse was stolen. We
encamped on the valley bottom, where there
was some cream like water in pondi, colored by
a clay iioil and frozen over. Chenopodiaceous
shrubs constituted tli? grow lb of, and nude a
gain our fire wood. The animate weredrive
to tho hill, where thero was tol. g)KXj
grass."
The general courga 0 f edition was
D0W "V,i south. On New Year' eve it had
and immediate parent of deapotiam. JcrrcKio.
Vol. S-Xo. 51 Whole Wo, 25.
travelled a distance of 571 miles from tho Dal
les, and its preition was fur from being an envia
ble ono.
"Here," aaya Capt. F., "we concluded the
year IS 13, and our New Year's eve was rather
an unpleasant one. The result of our journey
began to be very uncertain ; the country was
singularly unfavorable to travel; the grasses be
ing frequently of a very unwholesome charac
ter, and the hoof nf nur animals were so worn
and cut by the rocks that nnny of them were
lame and could scarcely he got along."
New Year's Day, 1S1I. Wo continued
down the vr.lley, between b dry looking black
ridge and a more snowy and high one on the
right Our road was had along the bottom, be
ing broken by gullies and imbedded by sage,
nn I sandy on the hills, where there ia not a
blade ofgriss, nor does any appear on the moun
tains. Th1 soil in many places consists of a
fine powdery sond, covered with a saline rfllo
rpsenee ; and the general character of the coun
Irv is desert."
On the 3d January, "A fog, so dense that we
could not see a hundred yards, covered the
country, and the men that went nut after the
horses were bewildered and Just ; and we were
consequently detained at camp till late in the
dav. Our situation had now become a serious
one. We had renebed nnd run over the posi
tinn where, necording to the best maps in my
poessinn, we should have fi.und Mary's lake,
or river. We were evidently on the verge ot
the desert which bad been reported to us; ami
the appearance of the country was so forbidding
that I was afraid to enter it, and determined In
hear away to the southward, keeping close a
Inngthe mountains, in the full expectation of
reaching Buenaventura river. Thia morning
I put every man in the camp on foot myself, of
course among the rest nnd in thia manner
lightened by distribution the loads of the ani
mals. We travelled seven or eight, miles along
the ridge bordering the valley, and encamped
w here them were a few hushes of grass on the
bed of a hill torrent, without water. There
vi re seen some large nrtcmisias ; but the prin
cipal plants are cheuopodiuccous shrubs. The
rock composing the mountains is here changed
suddenly into w hite granite. The fog showed
the tops of the hills at sunet, and stars enough
for observations in early evening, and then clo
sed above us as before. Latitude by observa
tion ll leg. 15"."
"January 4 The fog tn-dny was still more
dense, the poi.pl, again were bewildered. We
truve'lod a few miles around the western pirt
of the ridjp, and encamped where there were a
lew tufts of grave but no water. Our animals
now were in a very alarming slate, and there
was incrensei! nnxiety in tin: camp."
January 5 Same dense fog contlned and
one of the mules died in camp this morning. I
have had ticci.-ioii to remark, on such occasions
as these, that animals which are about to die
h ave the band, and, coming into the camp, lie
(low n about the lires.
Onthefith January, they arrived, says the
narrative, "at the mutt extraordinary locality of
hot splines we had met during the journey. The
bnsin of the largest one has a circumference of
several hundred feet ; hut there is at one extre
miiy a circular space of about fifteen feet in di
ameter, entirely occupied by the boiling water.
It hoits up at irregular intervals, and with much
noise. The water is clear, and the spring deep ;
a pole about sixteen feet lomr was easily immer
sed in the centre, but we had no means of form
ing a good idea of the depth. It was surroun
ded on the margin with a lauly of green grass,
ami near the shore the temperature oft he water
was "2(10 deg. We had no other means of as
certaining that of the centre, where tho heat
was greatest ; but by dispersing the water with
a pole, the temperature of the margin was in
creased to 'JlW deg., nnd in the centre it was
doubtless higher. By driving the pole toward
the laittoin. the water was made to boil up with ' somebody to sei.nir up your dull, melancholy
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scription. Tim water is impregnated with
coiiiiiii.ii suit, ln'. not so iiiueh aa to render it
unlit for general eookiig; and a mixture of
snow um.le it pleasant to drink."
"Our mur. lion now required caution. I nr lu
lling those which gave uut from the injured con
dition nf their fuel, and those stolen by Indians,
we had lost, since leaving the Dallee of the Co
lumbia, fVieeu animal i and of these, nine had
been left in the last few daye. I therefore de-
termined, until we should reach a country tf
water and vegetation, to feel nur way ahes.J, by
having the line of route explored aon.e. fifteen
or twenty mile in advance and or,ly to leave a
present encampment when .iie succeeding one
was known.
"Taking with me Cindy and Carson, I male
to da thoroejri, exploration of the neighbor
ing valleys, and found in a ravine in the border
ing mountains a good camping place, where
there w as water iu springs and a sufficient quan
tity of grass for a night. Overbading the
springs were some trees of th sweet cotton-
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wood, which, after a long interval of absence,
we saw ngnin with pleasure, regarding them
as the harbingers of a better country. To in
they were eloquent ofgreen prairies and buffa
lo. We found here a broad and plainly mark
ed trail, in which thero were tracks of horses',
and we appeared to have regained one of tho
thoroughfares which pass by the watering pla
ces of the country. On the western mountains
nf the valley with which this of the boiling
spring communicates, we remarked scattered
cedars probably an indication that we were on
the border of the timbered region extending to
the Pacific. We reached the camp at sunset,
after a day's ride of about forty niiles. The
horses we rode were in good order, b"ing of
some that were kept for emergencies and rare
ly used.
"Mr. Frcuss had ascended one of the moun
tains and occupied the day in sketching tho
country; nnd Mr. Fitzpatrick had found, a few
miles distai, t, n hollow of excellent gras and
pure water, to which the animals were driven,
as I remained another day lo give them nn op
portunity to recruit their strength. Indians
nppear to be every where prowling nlmtit, like
wild animals, and there is a fresh trail across
the snow in the valley near.
"Latitude of the boiling rprinrrj, 40 deg.
3D' -H)"." (To be continued.)
About CJrllliig Mnrrleit.
Dow, Jr., the far-famed Putent-preneher of
tho New York "Sunday Mercury," recently
discoursed to the marriageable voting men, as
follows :
Young mar. ! if you have arrived at th right
point in life fiir it, let every other cnnHdntinn
give way to that of getting married. Don't
think of doing any thing else. Keep poking
about among the rubbish of the world till you
have stirred np a gem worth possessing in the
shape of a wife. Never think of delaying the
matter ; for you know delays are dangcron. A
coral wife is the most constant and faithful com
panion yon can possibly have by your side while
performing the journey of life a dog isn't a:
touch to her. She is of more service, too thnri
yon may at first imagine. She can smooth
your linen and your cares for you mend your
trousers and perchance your manner. sweet
en your sour moments as well as your tea and
coffee for yon rnlllu, perhaps, your shirt hosem,
hut not ynur temper ; and, instead of sowing tho
seeds of sorrow in your pith, she will sow but
tons on your shirts, ami plant happiness instead!
of harrow teelh in your bo-mm. Yes anil if
yon are loo confoundedly lazv or too proud to do
such work yourself, she will chop wood, ami
potatoes for il inner ; for her love for her hus
band is such that she will do any thing to p'ea.
him except receive company in her rvrrv d iy
clothes. When a woman lores, she loves wi?!
a double distilled devotedness ; anl when fo
liates, on the high pressure principle. Her 1,yc
is as deep as the ccenn, as strong as a liertpett
halter, anil as immutable as the rock of ajes.
Sim won't change it, except it is in a very
strong fit of jea'ousy ; and even then it lingers,
as if loth to depart, like evening twil ght at the
windows of the west. Hot married, by all
means. All the excusesyon can fish up against
"doing the deed" ain't worth a spoonful ef
pigeon's milk. Mark this if, blest ivitlt
health and employment, you are not able toiurv
port a wife, depend upon it, you are not capable
of supporting yourself. Therefore, so mucli
the more need of annexation ; for, in union. a-
well aa in an onion, there is strength, (o't
married, I repeat, young man! Coneentmto
your a flee lion s upon one object, arsf do not dis
tribute them crumb by crumb, among a host of
Susans, Sarahs, Marys, I.oranas, Olives, F,!izss,
Augustas, Betsies, Pegejpj, am Dorethies al
lowing each srarealy enough to nibble at. (Jet
married, tnd hove somebody to cheer you
yoti journey through this "low ly vale of tears'
A Kcntitky Flour. (lamp to the last.
A gentleman, whoso veracity, it ever doubted,
will never again be impeached, lately reuruel
to this city from a tour "out wi st," tell of
fight he witnessed in the "lackwoude of Ken
tucky, lie says a giugof men hid assembled)
r.t a drinking houae, nnd a quarrel and fight en
sued. & desnerata v as the conflict that ev
ery man in the party ha I his eyes gouged nut.
and when none could aee where to strike, tin y
would get down m the ft air, feel around till
tlu-y found an eye, then repltcttHf it m Ihe
! ,K'kt!, would take a squint through it, audi
I "V 81 ghr" K.rcu
j u Mid tUt prince Albrt will die very
j wealthy, he ; by a Sov uti ton every night.
I "fjenlleinen! I shall give you one sentiment
it la dis: Amerique ! the grand Wile icpub.
Iique vat is begin to anil up llseit.
Why is a younrj lady like a bill of exchange?
Recausn she ought to be aettlsd aa soon as she
comes lo oiatutity.